JoAnn Smith Ainsworth‘s paranormal suspense ebook, Expect Deception is on sale from March 6-10 for 99 cents. Expect Deception, a 2016 Best Book Award finalist in Mystery/Suspense, is about the U.S. government recruiting psychics to find Nazi spies … [Read more...]
Publish or Perish — Murder Mystery Dinner Theater in Tam Valley
BAIPA board member John Byrne Barry is the writer and director of Publish or Perish — Tam Valley Mystery Writers’ Retreat Murder Mystery, opening March 10 at the Tam Valley Community Center. A group of mystery writers, agents, and … [Read more...]
Codex Book Art Fair Feb. 5-8 in Richmond
Codex is a book art fair held this year in Richmond, California, Feb. 5-8. Book art is about the book as an art object, a piece of art one can always enjoy looking at, and often even read. The Codex Foundation’s slideshow of last year’s fair barely … [Read more...]
Gordon Burgett Presents ‘Writing Travel Articles That Sell’ on Feb. 4 in Santa Rosa
Gordon Burgett's "Writing Travel Articles That Sell!" will be offered on Saturday, Feb. 4, from 1-5 in Room 1597 in the Emeritus Building at Santa Rosa Junior College. Register at the door or through the Continuing Education Office at (707) … [Read more...]
The Case of the Missing Weekend
Ever feel like your weekend went by too fast? Thanks to Thomas Finnegan for this blooper. … [Read more...]
Fortune Magazine Covers “The Kindle Effect”
You might enjoy "The Kindle Effect," by Jennifer Alsever in Fortune, January 1, 2017. The Kindle Effect: Self-Publishing on Amazon, Apple iBooks ... fortune.com Consider the metamorphosis of self-publishing. For decades it was … [Read more...]
Book-Browsing Adventures
BOOK-BROWSING ADVENTURES by Dawn Marie Carlson While on a recent bookstore expedition at Copperfield’s in Novato, I uncovered this gem, Good Prose – The Art of Nonfiction – Stories and advice from a lifetime of writing and editing. The authors … [Read more...]
Stevanne Auerbach’s Book, My Butterfly Collection, Newly Released
BAIPA member Stevanne Auerbach's new book release, My Butterfly Collection — On the Wings of the Butterfly, is a striking combination of articles from well-known writers, photography and art. It was published on January 25 by Regent Press in … [Read more...]
Gordon Burgett to Speak at Santa Rosa Junior College
Gordon Burgett will offer “Creating Travel Articles That Sell!” at Santa Rosa Junior College Saturday, March 19, from 1-5 p.m. in the Emeritus Building on the Santa Rosa campus. For specifics and to register please contact communityed.santarosa.edu … [Read more...]
PDF of Bob Pimm February 1 Presentation Available
Digital Handouts of Bob Pimm's Talk Available The presentation about Legal Issues for Independent Authors, by Bob Pimm of California Lawyers for the Arts at the February 1 BAIPA meeting, is now available to as a … [Read more...]